Dish drying pan



May 31, 1938; H. am:

I DISH DRYING PAN Filed April 13, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l I Inventor H. SAND 2,118,984

DISH DRYING PAN Filed April 13, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v lnvenior flzazon 3 M .4 iiorneus May 31, 1938.

Patented May 31, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISH DRYING PAN The present invention relates to dish drying pans and has for its principal object to provide a plurality of racks removably positioned in the pan to support the dishes therein while the same are drying and further to provide a container secured to the pan within which the racks may be placed when not in use.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is simple and practical in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the pan showing the rack in position therein.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the container for the rack, with parts broken away and shown in section and Figure 5 is a rear elevational view of the container.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention the numeral 5 designates a dish pan provided with flanges 6 extending around its upper edge and also having handles 1 secured at each end thereof. The flanges 6, at diametrically opposite sides are formed with openings 8 within which the downturned ends 9 of rack ID are removably positioned. The racks include a pair of end sections ll having the downturned portions 9 formed at one end and extending downwardly toward the bottom of the pan, the inner ends of the end sections being pivotally connected by an intermediate section I2 whereby the Zumbrota, Minn.

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end sections may be folded inwardly upon the intermediate section when the racks are removed from the pan.

A container I3 is provided for folding the racks when in collapsed position, the container being of 5 elongated formation and substantially rectangular in cross section, and is secured under one of the flanges 6 by a metallic strap I4 riveted at l5 adjacent one end of the container, the opposite end of the strap being riveted to one of the side 10 walls of the pan as shown at l6. One end of the container is open and provided with a door or closure l1 pivoted to the back of the container as shown at l8 and yieldably secured in closed position by a leaf spring I 9 having one end se- 15 cured to the container as shown at 20 and its opposite end freely threaded through an eye 2| secured to the inside of the door. As will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 4 of the drawings the spring I9 is of an arcuate shape and by 20 reason of its slidable engagement with the eye 25 will yieldingly maintain the door in closed position.

- It is believed the details of construction and operation of the device will be readily understood 25 from the foregoing without further detail explanation.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual 30 practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

What is claimed is:-

In combination, a dish drying pan having flanges at its upper edge provided with openings and a dish rack positioned in the pan and including an intermediate rod-like section extending along the bottom of the pan, similar end sections pivotally connected to said intermediate 40 section and extending upwardly along the sides of the pan, and downturned extremities on the free ends of said end sections and removably positioned in said openings.

HAAKON SAND. 

